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Originally Posted by Ghaz
They were upfront about the fact that the program comes with NO datafiles ....
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Are they?
I am new to the AB product which I bought only recently, but also came across the here discussed issue. I am not complaining but want to give you
my personal opinion:
The way the AB product is beeing presented, including on the Lone Wolf website, is misleading to say at least. It may be true, that you can find all relevant information somewhere in the fine print (if you are a lawyer), but what people expect is a tool that allows them to create roosters for the supported gamesystems which are many according to the website:
Game systems for which Army Builder data files are currently available (as of 15-Apr-2006):
Aeronautica Imperialis – Forge World
Anima: Tactics – Edge Entertainment and Anima Project Studio
AT-43 – Rackham
Babylon 5: A Call to Arms – Mongoose Publishing
Battlefleet Gothic – Games Workshop
Blood Bowl – Games Workshop
Celtos – Urban Mammoth
Chronopia – Excelsior Entertainment
Confrontation – Rackham
Confrontation (English) – Rackham
Confrontation: Age of the Rag'narok – Rackham
Dark Age – Dark Age Games
Epic Armageddon – Games Workshop
Fairy Meat – Kenzer and Company
Flames of War – Battlefront Miniatures
HellDorado – Asmodee
Hordes – Privateer Press
Inquisitor – Games Workshop
L'age du Rag'Narok – Rackham
Le retours des dieux – Asmodee Editions
Leviathan – Grendel
Lord of the Rings – Games Workshop
Lord of the Rings (Polish) – Games Workshop
Mordheim – Games Workshop
Necromunda – Games Workshop
Para Bellum – Gros Bills Associés
Rag'narok – Rackham
Starship Troopers – Mongoose Publishing
Starship Troopers (French) – Mongoose Publishing
Urban War – Urban Mammoth
Victory at Sea – Mongoose Publishing
VOID – Urban Mammoth
Wargods of Aegyptus (French) – Crocodile Games
Warhammer 40,000 (4th Ed) – Games Workshop
Warhammer 40,000 (5th Ed) – Games Workshop
Warhammer 40,000 (French) – Games Workshop
Warhammer Age of Chivalry – Warhammer Historical Wargames
Warhammer Ancient Battles – Warhammer Historical Wargames
Warhammer English Civil War – Warhammer Historical Wargames
Warhammer Fantasy (French) – Games Workshop
Warhammer Fantasy (v6-7) – Games Workshop
Warhammer Historical: The Great War – Games Workshop
Warlord – Reaper Miniatures
Warmachine – Privateer Press
Warmachine/Hordes (French) – Privateer Press
Warmaster – Games Workshop
Warmaster Ancients – Warhammer Historical
There is a line saying "Data files are separate from Army Builder." ....?
Okay again, a lawyer might hear an alarm, but this will usually be understood simply as a requirement to install individual files or something alike.
It's NOT saying clearly that the product is only a platform, on it's own useless for gamers and that all the gamefiles need to be created by the community - unpayed volunteers. Meaning that if there is nobody volunteering you will not be able to create any roosters whatsoever. Meaning that if there are only useless, buggy datafiles you will have nobody to complain to and you have no warranty,...
This has nothing to do with the work that volunteers kindly do for the benefit of the whole community, but it's the general customer misleading concept of AB.
BR, Oli